PhD seminar: The 1990s UK Goth Underground and Inclusivity

Goth is seemingly a very clear and easy culture to identify, and it has endured and survived despite the rolling by of the years. Trevor Bamford explores why when many other music-based cultures are decade bound to a particular time, and in some cases, place. What is it about the scene that allows it to rise above and to be an idea and a notion that is widely talked about.

During Trevor's research he unearthed a total of 8 factors that have allowed goth to survive and to shine. The most dominant of these is the inclusivity of goth, a notion that is key to understanding the foundation of what goth is and why it continues. In his presentation, Trevor intends to show why this is so, and why it will in all likelihood, continue.